State · 718 – 910

Kingdom of Asturias

A state of 718 – 910 — 192 years in Europe. It replaced Kingdom of Toledo. It was replaced by Kingdom of León and Kingdom of Galicia. The atlas records 24 things within it — wars and battles 9 · people 15. Its line of rulers holds 13 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 192 years; 718 – 910
Rulers: 13; the Monarch of the Kingdom of Asturias
Most ground: 128,500 km²; in 878
Within it: 24; recorded rows
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Map: Kingdom of Asturias in 878, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Kingdom of Asturias in 878, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 128,500 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Kingdom of Asturias in 724, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Kingdom of Asturias in 878, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Kingdom of Toledo · replaces

After it

Kingdom of León · replaced by · 910 – 1833
Kingdom of Galicia · replaced by · 410 – 1833

Rulers

The line of Monarch of the Kingdom of Asturias.

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on record

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Pelagius of Asturias	718 – 737	19 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Favila of Asturias	737 – 739	2 years	died by accidentWikidata's manner of death	child
Alfonso I of Asturias	739 – 757	18 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Fruela I of Asturias	757 – 768	11 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Aurelius of Asturias	768 – 774	6 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Silo of Asturias	774 – 783	9 years	ending not on record
Mauregatus	783 – 788	5 years	ending not on record
Bermudo I of Asturias	788 – 791	3 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Alfonso II of Asturias	791 – 842	51 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ramiro I of Asturias	842 – 850	8 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ordoño I of Asturias	850 – 866	16 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Alfonso III of Asturias	866 – 910	44 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Fruela II of Asturias	910 – 924	14 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child

13 rulers, 13 with terms dated as terms, covering 718 – 924. Median reign 11 years. 2 of 12 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

78,200 km² in 728, 128,500 km² in 910; at its largest 128,500 km² in 878. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedCruz de Asturias · Public domain
flag, from 842Royal flag of Ramiro I of Asturies · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

700 – 79913 rows · 4 wars and battles

Battle of Covadonga · battle · 718 – 722
Alfonso II of Asturias · ruler · 759 – 842
Alfonso I of Asturias · ruler · 705 – 757
Ramiro I of Asturias · ruler · 791 – 850
Favila of Asturias · ruler · 700 – 739
Fruela I of Asturias · ruler · 722 – 768
Silo of Asturias · ruler · 701 – 783
Aurelius of Asturias · ruler · 740 – 774

and 5 more in the atlas.

800 – 8999 rows · 5 wars and battles

Alfonso III of Asturias · ruler · 852 – 910
Ordoño I of Asturias · ruler · 821 – 866
Fruela II of Asturias · ruler · 874 – 925
Vímara Peres · commander · 820 – 873
Battle of Clavijo · battle · 844
Battle of Pancorbo · battle · 816
Battle of Monte Laturce · battle · 859
Battle of Albelda · battle · 851

and 1 more in the atlas.

900 – 9991 row

Fernán González of Castile · person · 910 – 970

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood192 years
stood longer than 61% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held128,500 km²
held more ground at its peak than 51% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median11 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 38% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record13
has more rulers on record than 85% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 699 – 929, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 878, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q231392 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.